[
US
/iˈnəf, ɪˈnəf/
]
[ UK /ɪnˈʌf/ ]
[ UK /ɪnˈʌf/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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sufficient for the purpose
the food was adequate
an adequate income
food enough
enough food
NOUN
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an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country
enough is as good as a feast
ADVERB
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as much as necessary
I've had plenty, thanks
Have I eaten enough?
How To Use enough In A Sentence
- He hoped the roots would harbor the fungi and spread them throughout the compost, but the fungi didn't spread well enough.
- Commander Laurel D' ken smiled wryly as the blue haired officer said to Allison, ‘We'll need to nursemaid them a bit but I think they'd be able to manage well enough.’
- Upstairs were the bedrooms; mother-and-fathers room the largest; a smaller room for one or two sons, another for one or two daughters; each of these rooms containing a double bed, a washstand, a bureau, a wardrobe, a little table, a rocking-chair, and often a chair or two that had been slightly damaged downstairs, but not enough to justify either the expense of repair or decisive abandonment in the attic. Chapter 1
- A repair job is bad enough; but an investment in managerial ego is worse. MANAGING FOR RESULTS
- Wind energy and solar power could be harnessed to heat the dwellings and provide enough energy for daily needs.
- A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive. Walt Disney
- You've got to put in work before you reap the rewards - and fair enough.
- I can't commend the players highly enough. The Sun
- He hadn't got quite enough money, but his aunt agreed to make up the difference.
- But after three consecutive nights of camping out I'd had enough, especially since the last had been spent near Verdun in Le Foret du Mort Homme, which translates as Dead Man's Forest.
